Hi All,

To promote our big clean up of Cootes on Sunday March 1st, we took all except 50 of the 250 tires that were pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone watersheds last year to make our own tire pyramid. 

Barry Gray of the Spectator came down and shot this great video. 

Tys Theysmeyer, Head of Natural Lands for RBG was in the thick of it all and provided some insightful commentary.  Tys says that about 1000 tires have been…

Hi All,

To promote our big clean up of Cootes on Sunday March 1st, we took all except 50 of the 250 tires that were pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone watersheds last year to make our own tire pyramid. 

Barry Gray of the Spectator came down and shot this great video. 

Tys Theysmeyer, Head of Natural Lands for RBG was in the thick of it all and provided some insightful commentary.  Tys says that about 1000 tires have been…

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1 Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

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The Harper government’s budget was set to become law, after the Senate approved a second omnibus implementation bill on the last day of the 2012 parliamentary session.

By a vote of 50-27, the Senate passed the government’s second budget implementation bill Friday morning. The bill was then sent to the Governor General to be signed in to law. A royal assent ceremony was to take place soon thereafter.

It was the last vote in a long few days in the Senate, which also passed a bill…

Pictures are gruesome - just sign and send on! 

 

Popular New Zealand skateboarder Levi Hawken wants to reduce the trash that ends up on the streets and in the oceans. For his I Will If You Will challenge, Levi will skate through the streets of Auckland and film it, if 500 people pledge to reduce rubbish and plastic use by using reusable drink bottles or…

457-page omnibus budget implementation bill amends 64 different Acts or regulations

By Janyce McGregor,   CBC News…

View the letter, backgrounder and media release online:

http://www.ecojustice.ca/media-centre/press-releases/environmental-groups-first-nations-join-in-

opposition-to-omnibus-bill-c-45

For immediate release: November 21, 2012

Environmental groups, First Nations join in opposition to omnibus Bill C-45

Massive bill before…

International Volunteers Day was established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly through Resolution 40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day on 5 December.

In a community where 56% of our citizens volunteer on a regular basis, International Volunteer Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the 280,000 plus volunteers who…